Saturday, March 1, 2008

Work went well when I finally got there. I worked with DJ, Laura, Alex, John & Bill. I bought some girl scout cookies. After work, I was finally able to eat, so we stopped at McDonald's on our way to Dundee to visit with Mark's family. It was the best visit I've ever had with that side of the family. Mark's step-sister Veronica, and her kids were there, as were Mark's father, step-mother, sister-in-law, and nephews. And for the first time I think, I really felt like part of the family, which is odd, since Mark & I aren't a couple anymore. But I just think that after 12 & 1/2 years they've grown used to me, or more likely the idea of me, and now it would seem odd if I wasn't around. lol Still, it was fun, and I wasn't sure that it would be.

After we left there (I think it was around 9:30pm, but I could be wrong) we drove home during a snow storm, with some huge snow flakes! It was pretty, but we were glad that we left when we did, as it only started snowing about half way back to Ann Arbor, and we probably saved ourselves a bit of a hassle.

We stopped at Kroger for groceries on the way home. I called Michael back. I had called him from Mark's parents' house earlier but couldn't talk there. I was so beyond exhausted at this point, but wanted to tell him about the night. I told him I had to go though, as we were checking out, but that I'd try to hop online once I got home.

The trip to the car was blinding; the snow was so thick and fierce, but we got home eventually, and it was all rather pretty and ethereal to my sleep deprived brain. The disc that I had been burning when we left had failed. I started a new one right off without thinking about it, but then I couldn't hop online. I decided I'd call Michael instead, but realized I'd left my phone in the car, and didn't feel like going out there to get it now, as I was undressed and I just crawled into bed. When my disc finished burning, I did something really fast for Mark, but then tumbled into bed again without thinking about it and fell right back to sleep.

I woke up this morning, and got dressed, and went out to the car to get my phone, which was frozen, and dead. I charged it up, but didn't think it was any use calling Michael now as he was most likely sleeping. I started another disc, and went back to bed for an hour. I finished 'Prince Caspian' and started another Star Trek book. The disc I started just finished, so I took the time to write this, but now I'll start another one and get something to eat. I'm really pushing these discs as much as possible, as I'll be sending more of them than I had originally planned. ;-0)

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   Monday, March 3, 2008

Saturday I burned still more dvds for Mollie; I have about 7 left to go; 2 of which aren't arriving until later this week. Saturday night I stopped by Mike's to visit him & our online friend Mat. Michael had cleaned his place up nice. We stopped by my place, and then they drove me to Aut Bar. I saw Anthony and his friend Tim, Gino, Erin, Terry, Mark, Jim, Rusty; I met Lynette & Jim (who once hit on Mikey, then Mike found out Jim still had a boyfriend - and really bad breath), and probably a bunch of other people that escape my memory at the moment. I had fun anyways. I was exhausted, and had a headache, so we went back to myplace for awhile, and then they left so I could sleep.

The sleeping was wonderful. I woke up feeling great on Sunday. I finished the DS9 Mirror Universe story I've been reading on and off for over a month; it got really good towards the end of it. I also read more of the new KRAD novel I'm reading, which I'm enjoying so far. I worked from 6:50pm to 11:40pm. I worked with Bill, Rookie & John. Michael came and hung out with me for a few hours.

I rented 'Spirited Away' & 'Princess Monoke'. I saw the latter, years ago, but never got around to watching the former. I started it when I got home from work but had to go to bed soon after as I was thrashed. This morning I drove Mark to work and then went to my followup appointment on my migrain meds. That went extremely well. Then I went to Meijer & Kroger to return bottles; using some of the money to get some more groceries. Then I went to the bank to deposit some cash in my account, as I've been bad about doing that lately, and then I came home. I finished watching 'Spirited Away' while I burned another disc for Mollie, and ate some soup. Now the movie is done, which I enjoyed, and I have to pick up Mark from work in about an hour. I'm tired, but don't want to lay down as I might fall asleep and leave Mark stranded...which would be bad.

We got in a horrible fight in the car this morning. He has this new bad habit, where if a car cuts us off when he has the right of way, instead of honking his horn or flicking them off, he charges towards them with our car, putting our lives in jeopardy, to prove a point. It's happened a couple times in the last week alone. It's insane. He says he's teaching them a lesson and he's tempted to actually hit them. He could kill them, or us, but that doesn't enter into his brain, which scares the shit out of me. Even if he thinks he's not going to hit them, things could go out of control; accidents happen. And he's taking a bad situation and escalating the danger. Assuming that he did hit someone in this manner, and no one was hurt, our car could be damaged which would screw us over. And what is Mark going to tell the police? I mean, it's one thing to have the right of way, and not see another car coming; it's another thing to tell the cops: "Of course I saw him, but I had the right of way and I had to teach him a lesson.". It's horrible. He said it was just like me to take 'their' side against him. But I wasn't saying that what the other cars are doing is right, but that what Mark has been doing isn't making it better; it's only making it worse and could have devastating consequences for us both. I asked him if he could at least not do this when I'm in the car with him because he's putting my life and well being in jeopardy, but he didn't say he wouldn't; he just asked me if I'd stop stressing him out in the car? Like me telling him not to drive dangerously was a bad thing. Mark is so smart and so sensitive and all these other wonderful things, but sometimes he changes into this child monster, that I've seen a handful of times over the years...and it's scary, but I deal, because I know he's not like that most of time - but when it happens, and he's that other guy, and he's driving a car, that's just not acceptable. I don't want to think about this anymore.

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   Tuesday, March 4, 2008

I picked up Mark for work, chatting with Michael on the phone briefly, and told Mark about my day on the way home. Then I played a video game, and ate, shortly before chatting with Michael online and getting ready for the bar. I also burned another dvd for Mollie, and started another one before I left for the bar.

Michael & his friend Katie met me at the bar, but I got there about 45 minutes before them. I danced with Alex, who's this guy that's also bald and sometimes introduces himself to me, and we compliment each other, but always have really bad timing. Tonight it happened again, in that I'm pretty sure he was going to ask me out, but I made sure to introduce him to Michael when he arrived, so as to avoid any badness. Hopefully we'll still be dancing buddies.

Lots of other peeps were there.

The boy that I complimented last time I went was there, and he was eyeing me, but I stayed away, as I didn't want to lead him on or anything. One of Michael's ex boy toys was there ('Christian') who may have slept with a few of my ex boy toys. lol. Michael's friend Katie was way cute, very cool, and he's got her hooked on Who. :-0)

I danced a lot. I drank a lot. I'm most likely going to be sore tomorrow, but for now I feel fantastic. It was great fun dancing and making out with Michael. And now that I'm home and showered I feel extremely exhausted, but in a good work out kind of way. I haven't been getting much exercise lately so this is good, though I've lost some weight this year, which I hadn't planned on at all. I now weight a bit over 157 pounds. Crazy. That's still a bit more than I did in the old days when I didn't eat anything. Back then I always weighed between 148 & 152 pounds, but I've been eating and quite a bit of it has been healthy, so I'm not as worried about myself as I was then; I've come a long way! :-0)

I need to start a load of laundry, as I work later today and all my work clothes are dirty. I'll start another disc for Mollie...and I'll most likely go right to sleep. I'm so very tired now.

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I slept well. I don't seem to be as sore as I expected, which is great. My clothes are in the dryer. I should probably eat something lite...and start another disc for Mollie...and finish getting ready for work. Michael may stop by and see me today, and return "Across The Universe", which he rented on my account.

4 weeks from Tomorrow, the 2nd Season of Torchwood will be over...and Doctor Who Season 4 (which I'm aching for) will begin. I miss Donna & the Doctor, and Rose and Martha and Sarah Jane. I'm enjoying Torchwood a lot; I just miss a bunch of characters who aren't on display here. Blah.

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   Wednesday, March 5, 2008

I was late for work on Tuesday, as Mark was on a customer service call and couldn't pick me up, but I stayed late, and actually worked over, so that's cool. Michael didn't visit as he was busy, but that was fine too. I worked with Bryan, Alex, John & Amanda. Bill stopped by. After bed I went right to bed. I slept until around 11pm. I've decided to continue the trend I'd started while reading the first few Narnia books, which is to continue reading my Trek books, while simultaniously reading a non-Trek book. Currently I'm reading the first official I.K.S. Gorkon book, and also the first volume of the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy, 'The Golden Compass', which I started when I woke up.

I went back to bed around 2:30am, I think. Around that time Michael called me, having just woken up. We chatted briefly before I let him go so I could sleep. I woke up as Mark was walking out the door for work, but went back to sleep and woke up for good around 10:30am. I continued burning discs for Mollie. I now have only 3 more discs to burn; 2 of which should arrive at my door later today. I started rewatching 'The Matrix' which I'm about half way through. It came out 9 years ago but still looks pretty amazing, which is saying something. I'll probably watch the sequels as well; maybe I'll enjoy them more now? We'll see.

I need to do some more laundry. I need to eat. After I've eaten, if my stomach isn't upset, I'll probably give Michael a call and see if he wants to visit. ;-0)

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   Thursday, March 6, 2008

I tried going to the comic shop earlier to get the new issue of Buffy, but there was no parking anywhere! I did see Mike's friend Nate on a street corner with some girl I didn't recognize though. I started getting a headache and came home. I told Michael I'd call him later.

I took some pain killer. I updated some myspace stuff. I replied to some e-mails. I had some food and watched the new Torchwood with Mark; we both enjoyed it, though the next episode looks really bad, so I'm not excited about that one at all. The final 3 all sound pretty amazing though. By the end of the episode my headache was gone. Now I just have to see how my stomach holds up; it feels ok now.

I tried burning the 2nd to last disc for Mollie, but it failed...then I screwed it up more, so I have to start again from scratch. I almost finished with her discs though, and while I'm happy to send her these gifts, knowing that they'll be viewed by her and appreciated - I'm fricking tired of burning these damned things! lol. I'll have a break for a few weeks though. ;-0)

I'm gonna check my e-mail and then see how I feel. Maybe call Michael.

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So I'm watching 'The Matrix Reloaded', and I'm starting to like the sequels more. Now, I enjoyed 'The Matrix Reloaded' the first time around, but 'The Matrix Revolutions' left me cold, and I'm thinking that the reason it did is the explanation that Neo is a superhero outside the Matrix, when I was convinced they were still inside it. Well...I still believe that, and I think it's implied that they still are and the end of the trilogy where the characters believe they are free from it really doesn't matter. That's my current take on it anyways. I could write a huge thing on it, but I don't know that it's worth it. lol The just think the 3rd one could have been better if had shown at the end that they were all still in the Matrix, only there had been a balance that had been reached. Oh well.

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   Sunday, March 9, 2008

Friday was a wonderful day. Except for 2 things. 1 was that the final 2 discs for Mollie refused to burn. I wasted like 10 discs on it; though I'm almost certain it was the discs themselves. Blah. That made me rethink Mollie's new dvd set, but it actually probably worked out for the best. She's still getting those stories, with a subtle loss of quality (and no bonus features) but she's also getting a larger chunk of Doctor Who, as the way I reworked things she was able to get 10 more serials, giving her all the 3rd & 4th Doctors, the final story of the 2nd Doctor, plus the 5th Doctor stories that she lacks! So that all turned out just fine, and will hopefully be sent out on Monday.

The other thing that went wrong was of a medical nature. I had a doctor's appointment last Monday that was a followup to a previous appointment, in which my doc set me up with a higher dose of a med that wasn't working for me, which I didn't expect to work...only it did. So I was really happy to go and tell her that all the drugs I'm taking now are working and it was just a great visit. No drama or sickness or anything. But Friday morning I got this weird message from her saying she wanted to talk to me, which just never happens. I didn't have any tests done so she couldn't be telling me I was dying or anything...but it was still odd. Turns out the new meds that are working great for my headaches can, if taken with meds I'm taking to make my stomach happy, cause this syndrome that do all kinds of icky damage to me. Yeah. So my blissful med life, which has always been anything but, was never meant to last, and I now have to give up the migrain meds. :-0(

Besides that, Friday was great. I worked with Bryan, John, Meg, DJ, Amanda, Michael, & Pat. If I'm forgetting anyone; it's not intentional. I was in a great mood by the end of the day. Just a lot of laughing and running around and talking to the customers and my friends. It was a good time. And I worked over. I actually worked over every day that I worked last week.

After work on Friday I went to Meijer to get some perscriptions filled, and to the Party Store for some wrapping paper for Mollie's stuff...and then the comic store to get the new Buffy/Angel comics...and WOW - the latest issue of Buffy was the best one yet!!! I can't even tell you how great the dialogue and the stuff that happens are! It's written by Drew Goddard who wrote my 2 favorite Season 7 episodes, so I guess it's not that surprising, but it was a great surprise. All of Season 8 has been a joy, so loving a single issue more than the others is high praise indeed, and this is only issue 1 of 4! And this issue, and certain plot-lines therein, found their way into the New York Times! Crazy. :-0)

I took a nap after reading Buffy. Then I ate and watched an episode of Batman Beyond with Mark, before jumping in the shower, getting ready, and joining Michael, Mat & Erica at Necto. I saw lots of people I know (like always) and I had a mostly fun time, though the music sucked beyond the telling of it. It's just not my kind of music; I'm sure the majority of people there loved it...I just don't quite fit in on gay night, and I never have, and that's ok. It was great to see Michael. Oh, and Nate & Paul were there. Nifty.

I came home after the bar. I had expected that Michael would join me, but he was driving Erica home, and that was cool too. I don't remember what I did after the bar which probably means that I slept. lol.

Saturday I had a migrain, with the whole sparkly lights / spots before my eyes & arm going numb thing so I took my Midrin and a hot shower and thankfully it worked like a charm, but it left me feeling like I was in Limbo ('and not the one with the fun poles' as Michael would say later). It wasn't a terrible feeling at all...I just didn't accomplish a lot. lol. I did watch last week's episode of The L Word which rocked beyond the telling of it; only 3 episodes left for the season, and 1 of them is on tonight.

Later, I got Mollie's package up to snuff; Mark just has to wrap some stuff, then we seal the big box and send it on it's way on Monday. Mollie's in for a big treat. A big treat that nearly killed me to make, so I'm gonna take a break now. lol

After that I shaved and had Michael over for a visit of fantastic fucking, and then conversationg, DS9 (I think I might rewatch DS9 again) and Firefly. Michael seemed way interested in DS9. He liked it when he was a kid, but didn't understand a lot of it, so I was explaining a lot of stuff, and he seemed to like that, which was a lot of fun for me. :-0)

I eventually cuddled with him in my bed in the dark, but then he got up and left. I had wanted him to stay, as I was feeling all comfortable with him, but I figured he probably had other stuff he needed to do...so I didn't worry about it, and I went back to sleep.

I woke up a few times. I had some crazy dreams. I was jogging. Or maybe I was racing? And I took a break in this kind of random jungle gym thing where this guy obviously liked me and we just fucked right there. I have no idea who this person was; I mean...I don't think he really exists; I don't know him, and I don't remember seeing him in any movie; it was just...odd. But it was like this happy, sunny, thing that happened in my dream, which I was completely ok with. lol. And the dream left me in a good mood when I woke up.

So here I am. Updating the blog. I'm hungry. And I want to do some reading. I work tonight. Michael is working with Mark later, and might be here when I get home. Maybe we can watch more DS9 & Firefly? That would be neat. I have Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday off. One of those days I'll hopefully be hanging out with my friend Bobby. The other days I don't have a lot going on. I'm supposed to hang out with Elvis sometime soon. Just 4 episodes of Torchwood left; one of which is on this Wednesday.

Food. Now. Please. lol

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Michael came over this afternoon, but I wasn't feeling very well. He worked with Mark while I tried to sleep. Not easy when you're puking up apple chunks, which (if this is possible) is far more gross than it sounds...and did I mention painful? I did get to sleep though and I feel way better now.

I woke up. Burned a cd for work. Michael left but is coming back after I get off work to watch some stuff. I realized I was gonna be late so I called work (my clothes are still damp and in the dryer). I showered and all that; just waiting for my clothes now.

I noticed Mark hadn't wrapped Mollie's presents. He told me he'd do it before Monday so I told him not to forget and then he said he'd try to get to them. I reminded him that he told me that he'd do it today, and he said he didn't say that. And that he has work to do and a movie to watch before he could do that. A movie that I rented for him to watch, which isn't due back until Wednesday. I thought it was weird that he was using the movie as an excuse when he can watch the movie anytime, but the package needs to go out on Monday. I told him if the movie was a problem I can take it back and recheck it out so he could have more time with it. And I said that I resented that the movie was taking precidence over Mollie's gift, and he said that it does!?! I took the movie to my room to return so I could check it back out to him, and then he told me I could wrap everything myself then (because that makes sense). I warned him that I was going to slam my door & to cover his ears, as it hurts him when people slam doors. The slamming of the door helped tremendously and I realized how much I miss slamming doors. It's such a great release! I considered not re-renting the movie for him in response to his outragious behavior but that feels kind of petty. And he's right. I can wrap them myself. And I've no reason to be upset. He lies all the time, which is why we're not a couple, and I should just be used to it. So I'm not gonna let this upset me or bring me down.

I feel good about myself :-0)

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   Monday, March 10, 2008

Work was fun last night. Working with Meg and Ruki was a blast. I 'sold' a lot of playguards and printed a lot of Zoltars. I sold some bundles. Hopefully it all means something. If not, I had a good time doing it. I had Little Caesars on break. It was all good.

After work, I went to the bank and to Krogers; picked up just a few things. Came home and Michael was already there, working with Mark. I took some time to unwind and then joined them. I had re-rented Mark's movie for him, and he watched an episode of Firefly with us, and he wrapped Mollie's gifts. Then he was off to bed, while Michael and I finished off that disc.

There was a sad moment during that first episode when I remembered laughing with Mollie at something in the episode. When I bought Firefly I watched the first 2 episodes before getting Mollie to watch it, but then we watched the rest of the show together; savoring every minute of it. It was something special we had together... And remembering it so clearly made me realize how much I really miss her.

Michael left shortly after that final episode ('Jaynestown'); he's exactly half way through the series, and then there's the movie. I read a bit after he left. I want to finish my Trek book this week. The new DS9 book coming out soon just got a rave review. Mollie might enjoy this one as it's all about how Cardassia came to occupy Bajor, and is the first of a trilogy that will cover the entire occupation; Mollie loves Cardassians. ;-0)

After reading I figured that I should pack Mollie's box up for sending today...and then found that the box wasn't big enough to hold all of Mollie's stuff. I panicked and tried 100 different variations but nothing worked. When I'd planned it out, I didn't make room for the new phone that Mark bought her...because that wasn't part of the original scheme...fuck. So we're working on the new box thing tonight I guess and sending it out tomorrow. So many fucking delays...it's driving me bonkers!

Oh well.

I slept. I woke up around 1pm. I watched the new L Word. Loved it. I do enjoy this season. I think it's my favorite one. They're doing a much better job with Jenny this year. Keeping her in line with last year, and yet defining her as more than just a caricature; it's good work. And despite dropping Pappi with no explanation everything else has felt right. Nice.

Then I read this news and wrote this. I'm going to read now.

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   Tuesday, March 11, 2008

I'm awake. Getting ready for work soon. Mark brought home a new box for Mollie, and we're shipping that out today (again). Maybe I shouldn't be writing that. Maybe it's cursed?

I have a new theory about how Season 4 of the Whoniverse is best viewed (by me). There are actually 2 ways to watch it. One is by series. 1st watching Sarah Jane, then Torchwood, then Who. But for a more integrated experience, my current theory goes like this:

TW 2x01 Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
SJ 1x01 Invasion of the Bane
TW 2x02 Sleeper
TW 2x03 To the Last Man
TW 2x04 Meat
SJ 1x02 Revenge of the Slitheen I
SJ 1x03 Revenge of the Slitheen II
TW 2x05 Adam
DW 4x01 Partners in Crime
TW 2x06 Reset
DW 4x02 The Fires of Pompeii
TW 2x07 Dead Man Walking
DW 4x03 Planet of the Ood
TW 2x08 A Day in the Death
SJ 1x04 Eye of the Gorgon I
SJ 1x05 Eye of the Gorgon II
DW 4x04 The Sontaran Stratagem [Part I]
DW 4x05 ??? [Part II]
TW 2x09 Something Borrowed
DW 4x06 ???
SJ 1x06 Warriors of Kudlak I
SJ 1x07 Warriors of Kudlak II
TW 2x10 From Out of the Rain
DW 4x07 The Unicorn and the Wasp
TW 2x11 Adrift
DW 4x08 Silence in the Library [Part I]
DW 4x09 ??? [Part II]
SJ 1x08 Whatever Happened To Sarah Jane? I
SJ 1x09 Whatever Happened To Sarah Jane? II
TW 2x12 Fragments
DW 4x10 Midnight
SJ 1x10 The Lost Boy I
SJ 1x11 The Lost Boy II
TW 2x13 Exit Wounds
DW 4x11 ??? [Part I]
DW 4x12 ??? [Part II]
DW 4x13 ??? [Part III]
DW 4x14 ??? [Part IV] (2008 X-Mas Special)

Of course this theory is just that until the season plays itself out. There might be things that I don't know yet about episodes that have not aired yet, and we might have 1 or 2 more episodes, such as last year's surprise animated adventure, and the Children in Need special. But for now, I like how this one works out. For example, having 3 of The Sarah Jane Adventures air before Torchwood's "Reset", gives Martha Jones more time to grow from when we last saw her. Plus having those 3 Sarah Jane Adventures there, two of which directly reference The Doctor within that gap of 8 episodes without The Doctor appearing, is a nice way to keep him present, and keep things centered. And I like that "Invasion of the Bane" serves as a kind of break from what is essentially an 8 part story arc from "Captain Jack Harkness" through to "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang". Having "Eye of the Gorgon", which references the old appearances on Classic Who of the Sontarans, air just before the new Doctor Who 2-parter that sees the Sontarans return seems to make sense and adds a bit of symetry to the proceedings. Also, airing "Eye of the Gorgon" between Martha Jones's final Torchwood episode and 1st new Who episode gives time for any transitions to occur. Ooh. And I like how Torchwood & Sarah Jane are spread throughout the season, and then Jack & Sarah will both return to who at Season's end. All 3 series uniting in the end. Yeah. And on a personal note (as if this whole thing isn't a personal note), if the Daleks return in the final installments of Season 4 (as they are rumored too) I like that this integrated list puts as many episodes as possible between that wretched Dalek 2-Parter from Season 3, and these new episodes; there should always be 50 or more episodes between Dalek stories; blah. I'm a geek with too much time, but I'm ok with that. lol

Torchwood's "From Out of the Rain" airs tomorrow night. :-0)

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Work was fun. Worked with DJ & Bryan mostly, and then Laura towards the end of my shift, and then with John for a few mintues. After working over, Mark picked me up and we sent Mollie's package by UPS.

There are more reports coming in about Torchwood returning for a 3rd Season but that the show's format will have changed in some way. Some reports say that John Barrowman's Captain Jack Harkness will be reduced to a recurring character, with Martha Jones taking center stage; they also say that Toshiko and Owen will be gone. Now I laughed these rumors off at first, but more and more word is leaking out about a format change. It might be something small or something huge...but until it happens, I'm just trying to not jump to conclusions.

I'm going to take a nap.

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   Thursday, March 13, 2008

Just watched the new Torchwood with Mark. It was dull...pointless...kind of embarassing. It's my least favorite episode since that Dalek shit last season. There wasn't really anything in it worth watching for, IMO. There are other episodes that are less than perfect which feature strong performances and character moments that make them worthwhile...but this...just didn't work for me. The next one looks good though.

I went to B&N tonight and got the new (to the United States) Doctor Who magazine. Also got another imported magazine with some nifty pictures, and a book of expressionistic art (which I'm aching to put up). They had some Star Wars art book that I was tempted to buy, but they can wait.

I've had a headache all day, and my stomach was a bit upset earlier. I'm going to read my Doctor Who magazine, and hope for things to improve.

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I put a couple pictures up on the outside of my bedroom door last night. I tried to chat online, but failed. Michael was sleeping, so it wasn't much fun. I eventually slept. I forgot to take my prilosec, but I slept so well that I'm not complaining. I found a new stash of slash art online, which always makes me happy. And that's about all I've done. Blah. lol

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   Friday, March 14, 2008

Thursday night I couldn't sleep worth a damn. I got some reading done though, and my Trek book went from ok to fantastic in the course of a single chapter, so that's cool. Then I tried to sleep again. Nothing. I watched a movie I rented called "The Nines", which was interesting, though not truly satisfying, if that makes any sense. I liked a lot of it, and I liked some of the concepts in it, but then I didn't feel that the ending really brought it home. It didn't help that when I checked out the deleted scenes, they'd cut out a good chunk of gay stuff that I hadn't even expected to be in the film in the first place. Still...I wasn't bored. Again I tried to sleep, but ended up reading more of my book. I finally got to sleep around the time that Mark usually gets up for work.

Mark woke up, running late for work to see if I could drive him, but I'd just gotten to sleep...and was barely making sense, I'm sure. I woke up again around the time I needed to, which was weird because my alarm clock definitely didn't go off, though it's set for the right time, and all that jazz; I double checked it. I got ready. I shaved, but left a bit of goatee, which I haven't done in awhile; thinkint it looked mighty cute. Actually I looked very cute all around when I was finished getting dressed, and was looking forward to work.

Mark couldn't pick me up. Michael was at work. My stomach was feeling kind of iffy, so I really didn't want to take the bus. I called work to see if I could get a ride, but it was taking a long time because of stuff they had going on there... and so I had a snack. Bad idea. And I even have anything that I'm not supposed to. I had water and some baked chips. And an hour later, bam...it was all coming back up. So now I was thinking I should maybe call in, because my shift, which was already fairly short, was now going to end up being like 2 and half hours long at this point, but I was so sick that I didn't want to leave the bathroom, and I knew work was going to call me before sending someone for me, so I figured I'd wait and see...because sometimes I do feel better really fast, and I was looking forward to working with DJ & Bryan, who both work on Fridays.

More time passes and DJ calls, but just as I answer I throw up again. Not the noise you want to hear when you call someone I guess, as DJ aked if I wanted to stay home and I said yes. But that wasn't really true either. I wanted to work...I just didn't think it was a good idea at that point. So for about a half hour I felt ok, and I thought maybe I'd made the wrong call and I should have gone to work, and I was feeling kind of sad that I'd missed out on seeing everyone, and also...getting paid. And then my stomach exploded in 10 different directions and then I was just grateful that I wasn't at work, but at home.

So yeah. I feel ok now. But I'm not eating anything. And I'm grateful that DJ offered to let me stay home, because it made a terrible day less terrible for me... but still a bit bummed that I didn't get to go to work. Blah.

Not a good day for me.

Mollie will hopefully be getting her package today.

I burned some discs for Bryan & Chris.

Mark won't be home until really late because of a poker game he's going too, which is maybe for the best, because I'm starting to think I might actually be sick...like not just the way my stomach usually is insane, but maybe the flu.

And I'm rambling. Have you noticed? Blah.

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I'm shutting off my phone; turning up the music; and working on my room.

Year Zero Remixed has just made my day much more tolerable. :-0)

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   Saturday, March 15, 2008

I want to be alone. In the dark. It's March again. Hasn't been this bad in years now. Don't know what made me remember, but it wasn't expected, and I can hear their voices. I don't want to, and yet it amazes me that I could forget them at all. I'm sitting here...crying. Mark is in the other room and has no idea...my door is open and the light from the hall and my monitor is the only light in here. Year Zero is playing on I Tunes. Michael is chatting with me...sort of. I'm getting angry for no reason, I think. I wish I could scream. Michael feels rejected and wants to be comforted and I don't think I'm capable of that at this moment. Tomorrow will be better. It always is.

This is odd because lately I've been feeling like I'm losing my passion for things that usually inspire me...and now here's all this emotion welling up in me. Not sure what's up with me. But I doubt I'm good company right now. Probably best that I didn't go to the bar, though dancing violently does usually help... erg.

Flashes of memory are worse than sustained images. Hard to make sense of memories that mean so much, so quickly. Glad I don't do the cutting thing anymore or tonight would end bloody.

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Already feeling better.

I watched Pirates 3. Not as beautiful as the 2nd; not nearly as stupid as the first; it breaks even.

I'm way tired.

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   Sunday, March 16, 2008

Saturday. I slept in the morning. I made random lists around noon; that usually makes me feel better; yeah - I do know I'm derranged. In the evening, Mark & I went to Borders, Hollywood Video, Blockbuster (to see if Ben was working), Krogers, and Little Caesars. When ate when we got home, and watched Batman Beyond. Then I took a nap, while Mark watched "I Am Legend". I woke up when Mark was putting that back in my room, and I watched "Enchanted" which was ok.

Before leaving with Mark, I called Michael to make sure he was feeling better, as he was feeling ill last night...and he was feeling better and we talked for just a few minutes, as I was getting ready to go. But I felt like we were getting on better than Friday night. Friday night Michael was in need of some attention, and not happy to hear that I couldn't give it to him, as I was seeing to myself, and I explained why, and he didn't seem to get it...which isn't his fault per say...but he was kind of a dick about it, though I knew this was because he was stressed out and tired, and apparently feverish. I said goodbye, as any further conversation would have led to me being a dick in return, and I got back to him on Saturday to make sure all was well. And now that we're all caught up, I signed on to yahoo messenger and after I said goodbye Friday night he said something rather sarcastic (which arrived on my screen when I signed on)...and now I'm pissed again. Whatever. I could go on. But I just don't feel like wasting my energy on something so pointless. Get over it. Move on. That's what I say. ;-0)

I may watch "I Am Legend" today. Not sure.

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- Random Doctor Who List 01 -

Returning Characters & Species in Season 30 of the Whoniverse:

01 Gwen Cooper
02 Owen Harper
03 Toshiko Sato
04 Ianto Jones
05 Captain Jack Harkness
06 PC Andy
07 Rhys Williams
08 The Weevils
09 Sarah Jane Smith
10 Butterfly People of Arcateen V
11 K9
12 The Slitheen
13 The 10th Doctor
14 Donna Noble
15 Geoff Noble
16 Sylvia Noble
17 Wilfred Mott
18 Martha Jones
19 The Ood
20 The Sontarans
21 The Graske
22 Rose Tyler
23 Mickey Smith
24 Jackie Tyler
25 The Daleks
26 Davros (rumored)

We also see photographs and references to Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Harry Sullivan, The Cybermen, Martha Jones's family, Harold Saxon/The Master and Margaret Blaine (aka Blon Fel-Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen). :-0)

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I did sleep, though not as much as I'd have liked. I had cool dreams though. Part of it was a recurring dream I've had about this strange fortress in some trees where I used to play as a kid. The rest involved me and my cousin Michael Curtis, falling to a rebellion at a secret headquarters with Chris 'Box' Taylor, Mike Shank, & Faith (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer); all of us striving to save the Harry Potter characters in the non-existant, new book. I remember thinking that Mollie was talking about reading the books again, and here I was inside of one. lol

I read Michael's blog. Apparently he's feeling sick again. That sucks. I hope he's gonna be ok.

I forgot to mention that yesterday, out of nowhere, Mark decided he was going to buy my groceries for me. It was this random act of kindness, that may never be explained. But I took half the money I saved from that, and reordered the 3rd Season of Battlestar Galactica on DVD. I'd ordered it previously, but then cancelled it, as I'd hoped we'd get it at work, only I know that we didn't now, and I really want to see the dvd versions of the webisodes (which should come in a lot better on the discs), plus there were some sound / speed issues in the first few episodes I had of that season...but mostly I want it for the new extended cut of "Unfinished Business", which is already my favorite episode of that season - 25 minutes of new footage there!

I need to order some new D9's. I probably should have ordered those instead, but I'll look to see how their priced at the moment. And decide from there.

I'm aching for new Torchwood / Doctor Who. We should have new episodes almost every week through the beginning of July. I'm very excited about the final 3 Torchwood episodes; they sound more appealing to me than the previous episodes, most of which were good (though I really disliked the last one). And it will be so good to see Donna again on Who. I think she'll liven things up a great deal.

The new K9 series might be starting in July, though that's yet to be confirmed. I'm gonna try to get that as well, so I can see if there's any potential for an eventual Who crossover, despite the leagle mess they've created for themselves. It will probably be stupid, but there's always hope...I think. lol

My room is a mess again. How do I do that so quickly? lol

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   Tuesday, March 18, 2008

I worked Sunday night, which was really hectic, though it calmed down towards the end of the night, and I helped this nice lady find some fun movies, which cheered me right up. I do love helping people find good movies ;-0)

After work, I intended to go right to bed. I just couldn't sleep though. I tried. I layed in the dark...and I was really tired, but nothing was happening. Blah. I got up and updated some stuff, and I played a game, and I rewatched 'The Prince of Tides'; which also cheered me up. I finally fell asleep after Mark left for work in the morning. I slept most of the day.

Monday night I talked to Michael briefly lon the phone, then went to Necto. I danced with Chrstine and Bobby. I met John (who I complimented months ago), but it turns out he's just 20 years old. I'm such an old man. lol. I had much good clean dancing fun. :-0) After the bar I talked on the phone with Michael, but let him go to take a shower. I thought I'd fall asleep, as I was now physically exhausted...but again I couldn't sleep. I worked on some online stuff, and again went to sleep around the time Mark went to work...sleeping for just 3 hours before getting up for work.

I was a little late. Mark had to be dropped off as he's having this open house at work... He got a ride home so I could leave work ontime to sleep...and here I am again not sleeping. I don't know what's wrong with me, sleepwise lately...but I need to get some sleep or my stomach will be really unhappy later. Blah.

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   Wednesday, March 19, 2008

I did get to sleep eventually, after the last entry. When I woke, I called my friend Carrie, who had left me a message in response to one I'd left her after work. We hadn't talked in months and it was good to chat with her. She was a Battlestar Galactica fan before I was, but hasn't seen Season 3, the webisodes that take place between Season 2 & Season 3, and never even heard of Razor, as she watches the series on DVD. I told her she could borrow Season 3 from me, and that I'd purchase Razor so she could watch that as well. The webisodes are included on the Season 3 set, so she'll be all caught up soon.

When I went online to order Razor, I randomly clicked on the Season 2 link on my website and found they had dropped the price for the 2 Season 2 releases from over $40 a piece down to $25 each! I ordered the 2nd half of Season 2, and the Razor movie. I later decided to go back and order part 1 of Season 2, as I didn't know if this was a sale or something, and I didn't want to miss out... Only they'd already changed upped the price back to the outragious normal going price on both halves of the season, so while I was bummed that I'd missed out on the one half, I was also really happy that I hadn't hesitated on the other. They should arrive here either Friday or Monday I think.

I watched some Battlestar last night actually. I rewatched Razor which I liked even more the 2nd time. I watched an episode from Season 2. And it's just odd watching the older episodes, knowing what is revealed at the end of Season 3 (no spoilers here - it's just...strange). But it's fun too. :-0)

I went to be around 10am. I slept until 4pm. It was really nice. I feel really rested. When I got up, I went to the door and picked up the packages which I knew were probably there (Battlestar Season 3, and some D9 discs). I called Mollie and left her a bunch of messages. She hasn't returned any of my calls in...like a week, which is starting to freak me out. I then read online that instead of getting 1 episode of Torchwood this week, 2 days later than I'm used to, I'm actually getting 2 new episodes this week; 1 tonight, and another on Friday. Tonight's episode looks way cool, but Friday's episode is the one I've been most excited to see since the season began! Way cool. Now it's possible that the finale will air a week from Friday, but if it doesn't, it will definitely air 2 weeks from Friday (the same night that Season 4 of Battlestar begins). With Doctor Who starting 1 to 8 days later! :-0)

So...I need to clean my room. And Eat. And Michael might come over later. I haven't seen him in at least a week I think; possibly longer. He was sick and I was crazy, so things have been hectic lately. I can't see him this weekend as he's going out of town. Oh well. Maybe we'll watch some Firefly. Maybe I'll get him started on Battlestar... Maybe we'll just have a lot of talking. I don't know. We'll see. lol. ;-0)

Oh. And I don't know if I mentioned this before, but the long gestating Battlestar Galactica prequel tele-movie "Caprica" has finally been green lit and is expected to go into production this Spring. It could very well be a stand alone flick, but it's also set up as a possible pilot to a series set 50 years before Battlestar Galactica. Same Universe, but a completely different take on it - all character based, with less fighting. I love the fighting and all, but this other thing sounds way cool. :-0)

Ooh. And there will apparently be new webisodes coming our way as well, starting in mid-April. :-)

Ok. I'm gonna go now.

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   Thursday, March 20, 2008

I broke up with Michael.

I miss him already.

There was this amazing episode of Torchwood on tonight, and I wanted to call him after seeing it and talk about it with him, but I told him I'd give him space and time for him to think. I still want to be his friend so badly... ugh. This is exactly what I've been dreading.

I like everything we had and did together. I just want that translated into a friendship. Is that terrible? I hope he's ok.

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I'm chatting with Michael on gay.com - not sure if it's going well or not. He says I'm not bothering him. Am I being selfish, talking to him like this? I don't know. I've never been in this situation before. There should be a book or something.

He told me he had written a poem for me earlier this week. He posted it in his latest journal entry. It made me smile, and feel wretched all at once. Because he's suffering and it's my fault. But my feelings for him haven't changed at all. I just want to be his friend. And not in a vapid kind of way. I really do mean it. Ugh.

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So...geeky stuff.

Torchwood airs again tomorrow night.
Then we have 14 days with nothing new.
There's a slight possability that this
is wrong, but I don't think so. :-0(

Good news though. The finale airs on
Friday April 4th, which I knew...
But it's now been confirmed that

DOCTOR WHO BEGINS Saturday April 5th! :-)

Yay. :-0)

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So I'm officially depressed.

This 13 day stretch, beginning with March 18th is usuall a rough patch for me, but I've gotten good at distracting myself from anything troublesome.

Only now I may have lost Michael forever. I probably haven't. We'll probably be friends. But how long will it take before that happens? It sucks.

I should work on my room. That's my big project now. The one that allows me to unwind and vent and exhaust myself until I feel nothing... This is maybe why there has been no poetry this year. My room consumes all that I'd write about, and makes it a different shade of art.

So I figured I'd go to Borders to get these books I was looking at a few weeks ago, when Michael & I were there. We stopped in and it was really late (nearly 11pm) and I just didn't have enough time to look through the selection that I wanted to see. Well, tonight I made sure that I had plenty of time, getting there about a quarter to 10, which would give me at least an hour to browse. Only they've now started closing at 10pm (since this last Monday apparently) and as soon as I walked up to the section I wanted to explore they announced that the store would be closing in 12 minutes!?! I asked this woman that worked there about and she she smilingly told me about the new hours... and a tear actually fell from my eye. And it took all the strength I had to not throw the heavy book in my hand at her perky wrinled face.

Oh. And we got this new color printer, which is way cool, but we don't have the paper I need to print up the pictures I was going to distract myself with. And I usually have a shake at night - it's this little treat I allow myself - and I don't have the icecream I need. And all these little things are just accenting the fact that Michael is gone, and all these hospital children memoris are flying through my brain...and I'm sort of a mess at the moment.

Things with my mother have never been wonderful, but they're so fucked up right now, and I don't even know how to fix that. And my little sister, who used to be cool has someone transformed into this bitch monster who lives to insult and rip into me behind my back! Family wise...relationship wise...in all kinds of 'wise'...I'm not. And it's starting to get to me.

And I can't talk to Mollie about it because the people at Sprint screwed us all over. And people wonder why she's my best friend... It's not that they can't see that she's wonderful, or why I like her, but what they maybe don't see is how when I'm at my worst, she makes me laugh. She tells me some horrible story about her job or how she hurt her leg while chatting on the internet...and I realize I'm not hurting all alone...and everything is ok.

In the car, on the way home, I was haunted by the cutting voice. That little voice that said that a razor would feel really good about now. Not to kill. Just to distract. I haven't really heard that voice in years. If it was there, then it was just so low as to be unrecognizable. I thought I'd killed it, buried it, and left it to rot. Oh well. Zombies all around then.

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   Friday, March 21, 2008

I'm so tired.

I can't sleep. I've got acid issues, which are only going to get worse. Blah.

But I'm not depressed at the moment; just exhausted.

I read some more of my Trek book, which I hadn't done in at least a week. I've got 40 pages left.

We have ants. I'm cleaning my room, to help stave them off I suppose. Don't know if that will help really. It's not like my room is that bad. Oh well. I'm so looking forward to sleeping tonight.

Oh. And of course I'm looking forward to seeing Torchwood, though honestly, I'm too tired to be excited about it. Once I sleep that will change, I'm sure.

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   Saturday, March 22, 2008

I slept for about an hour before work. Before the sleeping I read some more of my Trek book. I have 30 pages left now. After waking, I talked to Mark on the phone, with every intention of snoozing a bit longer, but I didn't want to make us late, so I got up to eat and shave, which took longer than I expected, but my stomach which had been feeling kind of iffy wasn't giving me any trouble, which was a nice surprise :-0)

I was about a half hour late, but I worked 2 hours over...and I had such a blast! I know that sounds crazy, but my stomach wasn't bothering me as I expected it too, and I was working with DJ & Bryan and John, and Pat and Laura... And I was doing really well on sales, which isn't always the case, and it was just a lot of fun. Or at least my sleep deprived brain thought so. And just before I left with Mark, Nathan Ackerman stopped in, and I got two big hugs from him, which was great; I miss him so much! I miss him and Bobby (who's coming back) and Matt & Heidi & Andrea & Linda & Candace, and Lee and...almost everyone I've ever worked with at Hollywood I suppose. :-0( But seeing Nate was great. :-0)

When I got to work there was barely any snow left. I even wore my shoes instead of my boots. But...while working there was a blizzard. There were lots of reports of terrible car accidents. And we were all in this little bubble of fun.

DJ got in a bit of trouble for being wickedly rude (with common sense remarks) to a couple, which was so beyond cool. And DJ's been watching Doctor Who and was set to start watching "Army of Ghosts"; Part I of the 3 part finale to Season 2 - which ripped out my heart and then fed it to me. I'm so excited to see what he thinks.

On my break I watched a bunch of deleted scenes from Season 3 and I'm so bummed that they weren't in the episodes; some of them were really juicey. Some of them were really big, and obviously cut for time...it was kind of like seeing a whole series of lost episodes. Very cool. Mark and I watched the extended cut of "Unfinished Business" Wednesday night, which I loved. Mark felt that the aired version was a superior cut, and while I do agree that the cut that was aired was fantastic, I find it hard to walk away from so much new character material. I'd compare it to "The Fellowship of the Ring" and the differences between that film's theatrical cut and the extended cut. I actually prefer the theatrical cut - I think it's a much more emotional film. Yet I find it impossible to watch that cut of the film, even though I own it, because the scenes they put back in are really great. I didn't have that problem with the other films in the trilogy, because I feel that for those 2 films, the extended cuts are extemely better films than those released in theaters. Hmmm.

Mark stopped at Meijer on his way to get me to get ant traps (which turned out to be the wrong type), photo paper for the new printer (which I don't think is hooked up yet) and some ice cream for me. He also stopped to get gas. He wanted to get Little Caesars after work, but I ended up not getting anything, because even though I was feeling great (aside from a slightly scratchy throat), I didn't want to risk upsetting my sleep deprived stomach with pizza.

When we got home I searched online for the new (and penultimate Season 2) Torchwood episode...but couldn't find anything. I did however manage to stumble into some spoilers that I could have put together for myself, but was trying to avoid none-the-less, which means I've got to rework my episode order a bit, which is to be expected with the end of season episodes of both Torchwood and Who - I just know now that some changes need to be made. I'll know more when I see the finale on April 4th, and then get into the Doctor Who episodes (starting April 5th).

I kept searching on & off for the episode. I had my shake and it helped my throat feel better. I hope I'm not coming down with something. I napped, but was woken by text message from Michael saying that his trip up-state sucks beyond the telling of it. I smiled, though it woke me up, because Michael was communicating with me. I slept some more and dreamt I was hanging out with the Buffy cast (a recurring dream for me, though in real life I don't have any real desire to know them personally), and I introduced Michael to Sarah Michelle Gellar. It was nice. I had to leave though, and drive my little sister home. She was being a bitch again. She had these huge headphones on (which made it impossible for us to communicate) and then her music was so loud that it actually drowned out mine. It sucked. Later I dreamed I in the former Sludge Club, now known as the Red Room at Necto, which is always much larger in my dreams. I was there meeting my new Step-Mom, who's husband had only recently found out he was my father. She seemed like she wanted to connect to me, but then got shit-faced and I left. A lot of my co-workers were there too; I remember passing Pat & John as I left...and woke up.

Mark was getting ready for bed. He confirmed that if I got the new Torchwood episode he wanted me to wake him. Not 5 minutes after him getting to bed it was posted. He said cool and went to sleep. I'll wake him when it's done (it's got 1 minute to go).

It's done. I'm gonna transfer it downstairs so we can watch it there, or actually, maybe we should just watch it in here.

Later.

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The Torchwood episode was brilliant. Mark was unhappy with some of the production values, but the character & series continuity was so right, and explained so many different bits that I couldn't fault any of that. There was one tiny continuity flub, but really it was only the suggestion of one. There wasn't any evidence I could see to confirm it, which suits me fine! All season long I've been both looking forward to and dreading this episode, because I suspected that they might have a hard time reconciling so many different elements from the past, but they solved a lot of shit. Mollie & I have discussed the 2 stories that Jack has told (to Toshiko & The Doctor) about how & why he joined Torchwood, and the stories seemed to contradict each other and we figured he lied to one of them...only he didn't; they're both true - which rocks! I'm uber-geeked about the finale, which airs in just under 2 weeks now. Erg. :-0) I can't wait for Mollie to see these episodes; I was thinking it had lost it's way just 2 episodes ago, only to be blown out of the water by the most recent installments - and the finale looks like it's going to be a bumpy ride!!! :-0)

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I went back and checked some things online and then checked bits of the episode. There is a flaw in the episode, which might not be a flaw - they're notorious on Torchwood for giving us bits of information at a time, and there are so many ways they could explain this bit that it just doesn't bother me, because they got so much of it very right!

The other thing that struck me is that some of the references to time, seem to suggest that this season of Torchwood is spread over a rather large period of time. There are 13 episodes this season. Episodes 1-3 all take place in early June, but the recent episode seems like it would have to take place around April 2009? Or maybe I'm screwing up my math? I've not had a lot of sleep, and I'm not good with numbers on a regular day. Either way, I need to think this out... And I need to work out how the season plays out some more. But these kinds of puzzles are fun for me. :-0)

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I wanted to write something about the new Torchwood episode, that's a lot more detailed and spoiler filled - which means if Mollie is reading this - then just stop now. lol. That goes for anyone else who hasn't seen the episode. Just skip this. Because I want to talk about all the amazing stuff that was revealed here. Got that?

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Ok. Here we go. The episode in question is called "Fragments" it's the 12th episode of Torchwood's 2nd Season. It's the 25th episode of Torchwood overall. And at this point I'm thinking it's episode 092 of the New Whoniverse episodes (beginning with 'Rose' as episode 001); episode 33 of Whoniverse Season 4 (that's taking the 4th Season of Doctor Who, the 1st of The Sarah Jane Adventures & the 2nd of Torchwood, combining them, and placing them in an order that supports continuity), and by my current reckoning...makes it episode number 795 of all Doctor Whoniverse episodes (starting with "The Empty Child" back in 1963).

The episode serves as part 1 of at least 2 episodes, as it leads us into the finale that will air Friday, April 4th in the UK; the day before Doctor Who Season 4 begins. The story (though we don't know this until the end) is about the return of Captain John Hart, last seen in the season premiere "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang". He's really not happy about being rejected by Jack in the previous episode and is back for his revenge. He sets a trap for the Torchwood team by leading them into a deserted bulding, loaded with bombs that simulate rift stuff and alien lifesigns - the perfect bait for the Torchwood team. John knows he can't kill Jack, but he's hoping to kill those that Jack loves (more than him) and this is just the start of his plan. The team enter the building (minus Gwen who's late getting up - and is being driven to the site by Rhys), split up and find the bombs just before they go off. The episode is then split up into section in which we see each member of the team facing down their death or possible grusome damage with them remembering how they came to be a part of Torchwood...while Gwen & Rhys dig through the rubble to find them. This is a neat twist, as we don't need to see any of Gwen's Torchwood history - we've already seen all of it. :-0)

Jack dies in the bombing, but we know he's going to come back because we know how Jack will one day die for real in "Gridlock"). His flashback section apparently starts in 1908 (or nearly so), no date is given, though it's revealed through dialogue that Jack will wait 100 years before he finally meets the Doctor again (which he does in February 2008). This section is great fun, with Jack at his best and lots of fun continuity relating to Doctor Who episodes like "Tooth and Claw" & "The Parting of the Ways"; episodes of Who that should be required viewing for Torchwood fans. The Torchwood women that recruit Jack are sexy and scary. You get to see an early construction scene of the Hub. You learn why Jack joined Torchwood, and why he stayed. This actually makes sense given what he told Tosh in "Captain Jack Harkness" & what he told the Doctor in "Utopia" / "The Sound of Drums". Very cool. We also learn that including the death he resurrects from at the start of the 1908 section, that Jack will die 1,392 times between 1908 & his 2009 death in the bombing. And that figure doesn't even cover all his deaths since he became immortal. When we encounter Jack in 1908, he's been living on Earth for 39 years (he's explained that he arrived in 1869), and we know about some of his early deaths from his dialogue with the Doctor in "Utopia".

Later we see a flashback of New Year's Eve 1999. What struck me first about this story is that this is the same time frame as part of "Doctor Who: The Movie", and I was thinking...somewhere close by (relatively speaking), the 8th Doctor is running around! Yay! :-0) Beyond that we learn in this section how Jack came to possess Torchwood 3, and where that line about everything changing in the 21st Century came from - which I alwasy thought was odd, but now has this amazing feeling about it. Wow. Nicely done.

However...in the background we see the hand in the jar. If it's meant to be the same hand in jar from the first season of Torchwood, then they seem to have the Doctor's hand nearly 7 years before his hand is severed. But we never saw Torchwood recover the hand, so there is plenty of room for them to explain that away - because it doesn't really contradict anything that we've seen on screen. If we'd seen Torchwood recover the hand during "The Christmas Invasion" or there had been some reference to same, then this would be a huge plot-hole. As it is, it just raises some interesting questions. Or not. It's possible that the hand in the jar is not the Doctor's but something else, which is replaced with the Doctor's at a later date (presumable after Christmas 2006). Anyways - this possible plothole is just that at this point, and not the flaw that it could have been, which makes it not bother me at all. In fact, it makes me hungry for a story explaining the hand in the jar in 1999 (and later shown again in 2005). :-0)

Jack is found by Gwen and Rhys, dead. He revives, much to the shock of Rhys, and they get Jack out, and begin searching for the others. We move on to Tosh's history. Tosh's backstory wasn't as fun as Jack's. Back in 2004, she's being blackmailed for high tech designs that she has access to (in the government think tank mentioned in "Greeks Bearing Gifts" I assumed), by some people who are holding her mother hostage. She gives them what they want, but then the operation is shut down by UNIT. Tosh is held, and will apparently be held forever. Until Jack comes along, and sees how brilliant she is, he recruits her to Torchwood, with the stipulation that she won't be able to see her mother again, but that she'll be able to send her postcards and things. This is cool because it explains why the appearance of Tosh's mom (who is apparently alive) is such a revelation to Tosh during "End of Days". Very cool. I was hoping for a bit of something relating to her appearance on Doctor Who, but this doesn't confirm that anymore than her background from "Greeks Bearing Gifts" did, unless I missed something. It was cool however, that Tosh's background here meshed so well with what we knew about her from before; all the dates line up - if the current year is 2009 - which later is confirmed. In the present Toshiko is saved. She has a broken arm and some bruised ribs.

We move on to Ianto in the rubble, who hears Jack calling for him and it flashes back to 21 months before, which by my reckonging places it in June 2007, which makes perfect sense, since this is apparently February 2009. And Ianto's story takes place just after "Doomsday" which also takes place in June 2007. And given what we know that Ianto is taking care of (Cyberwoman Lisa), it makes sense that he'd try to get into the other branch of Torchwood as quicly as possible. We also learn here that Jack cut off all ties with the other Torchwood, which also supports what Jack had told the Doctor. And this section also explains where our beloved pet dinosaur came from, and also hints at the Jack / Ianto chemestry to come. Last year I rewatched "Cyberwoman" and I was struck by the little hints that seemed to imply that Jack & Ianto were already involved in some way at that point, well, this episode supports that theory. Now I don't think they were fucking at that point...but they were obviously attracted to each other, and I think they had some intense feelings for each other by that point. Everytime I see "Cyberwoman" and Ianto says: "Haven't you ever loved anyone Jack?" - it just sounds like he's asking if Jack loves him, and it's heartbreaking. This episode just strenthens those scenes in my mind. This scene also references that Owen, Tosh & Suzie are part of the team at this point in time, with what I think might be a veiled reference to them concerning the GLOVE; or about how they might be about to find it. The team lineup, which is about to include Ianto, makes sense, as that's the lineup for the team when Gwen stumbles on to it later that year. In the present, Ianto is saved, and has his shoulder relocated by Jack, and they continue to search for Owen.

Owen's backstory takes place in 2005. He was a doctor, engaged to be married to a woman he loved deeply. Medically she's falling apart and he feels helpless. His fiance dies, and it comes to light that she was killed by an alien parasite of some kind. Jack recruits him to Torchwood. This is a good backstory for Owen, as it explains why he's cut himself off from everyone; what made him cynical about relationships, and made him into a whore - and explained his reactions to Diane. This is just lovely work. This works very well.

Also in Owen's section - in the present, he's stuck in the rubble. We know he can't die, because he's already dead, but we also know he can't heal, and this is played out in terrifying suggestion, as a broken window is getting closer and closer to falling directly down on his face, which he'd survive, but only to walk around looking like a movie style zombie! Really disturbing stuff, but only through suggestion, which was brilliant. He's evenutually saved by Gwen, who risks being impaled herself to save him from a fate worse than what he's already enduring.

As the team regroups, they find the SUV is gone, and Jack gets another hologram message from John, explaining the trap and hoping that some of the team has died. John says he'll rip Jack's world apart and that maybe then he'll want to spend some time with John. He reveals that he has Jack's brother Gray. And everything is set up for the finale. Nice Work.

Now I'm left wondering about the origins of the hand. I'm left wondering how the finale will end. I'm wondering if Jack's crossover to Doctor Who will be set up in that episode. I'm wondering about how Rose, Mickey, Jackie, Sarah Jane, Martha & Captain Jack are all recruited in the finale of Doctor Who that's coming up, and how that will all fit together in my list of episodes....that's just the way my geeky brain works. :-)

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   Sunday, March 23, 2008

I've been working things out with the new printer & working on my room. I got a great e-mail from Michael, which I should respond to; I'll probably do that after I sleep though, and before I work. So...yeah, I'm slashing up my room, with slash art that is! How fun! :-0) I've already done Jack/Doctor, Wolverine/Cyclops, Kirk/Spock, Ron/Krumb, & Garak/Bashir. This rocks. Seriously.

And back to it I suppose.

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   Monday, March 24, 2008

I got a lot of work done on my room last night. I put up 20 pictues; all but one of them slash related; all of them printed with the new printer. Mark was impressed with the work that I'd done, and happy that I was taking advantage of the new printer; he says even with the cost for new ink and paper, I'll be saving bundles on the stuff I've been buying for my walls. He's right of course, but I'll probably still buy art books and things like.

I slept well on Sunday. I don't remember having any dreams, but I felt well rested when I woke up. I responded to Michael's e-mail message, then got ready for work. I was ontime. I got tons of stuff done. We have these goal sheets at work, and the last two times I've worked I kicked ass on them, so that feels good. I worked with Ruki, Joe, and closed the store with John. I was going to get pizza on my break, as I hadn't had time to eat before leaving home, but Little Caesars closed an hour before I called to order on account of the Easter holiday. I ate the yogert I brought with me and skipped my lunch. We were pretty busy for awhile, but it slowed to a crawl in the last 2 hours of the night.

I went to the bank after work and bought groceries. I came home and started downloading the season finale of The L Word. I washed up, had a snack, and started getting some more art stuff ready to print. Mark visted with me briefly and helped me with a proble I had with my wall. He went to bed, and I watched the L Word Finale, which was good, and cemented this season as a highly enjoyable one. I burned the whole season on a disc (along with the theatrical trailer for Doctor Who Season 4) onto a disc for Mollie; maybe I'll send that to her tomorrow. I just read that the show is coming back for a 6th and final season, of only 8 (instead of 12) episodes - and rumor has it that Carmen will be returning, which would be great, in my opinion. I hope the show goes out with a bang when it starts airing in 2009. ;-0)

I started working on my walls again. I ran out of yellow ink pretty quickly though (which is to be expected as I got a lot printed), and I'm kind of stuck, but I'll work around that for now. I got an e-mail from Michael. Things between us seem good. This is a huge relief for me.

Today I'm supposed to get my Battlestar dvds to Carrie so she can consume Razor and Season 3; it will be nice to see her, if only for a short time. I might send that dvd out to Mollie today. I'd like to finally finish my Trek book; I didn't read any of it this weekend, and a new DS9 one should be arriving at my door today... Though I may read the "His Dark Materials" trilogy first? I haven't decided. We'll see.

I'm going to work on my walls some more. I might take a nap too. Or jack off. I don't know. I'm kind of being pulled in a dozen different directions, but all them could be fun, so maybe I can do all of them. :-0)

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I didn't work on my room much more last night. I cleaned it a bit, and planned out some stuff. I didn't read. I woke Mark up for work and I went to bed. I woke up feeling cramped, though I don't know why. My new DS9 book has arrived; I want to read it, but it's part one of three, and the others will follow every month from now...and I hate starting things when the end isn't readily available. lol.

I found the Season 4 Theme for Doctor Who online, which was first heard during the opening credits of the 2007 Christmas Special, "Voyage of the Damned". It's just the short intro version, but it's cool to have. I collect music from shows and movies, and my Whoniverse file is pretty impressive (to me at least). I also found some teaser trailers for Season 4, which confirm that the Ood, the Sontarans & the Daleks will all be back this Season. I'm looking forward to all of them, as no Dalek story can be worse than the last one. I'm not a big Dalek fan, so any story with them has to have more than the evil pepper shakers wheeling around to make me happy, and it's known that the Daleks feature in the final story of the season, which also brings back Rose & Jackie Tyler, Mickey Smith, Sarah Jane Smith, Captain Jack Harkness, Donna, the Doctor & Martha Jones - so I'm pretty sure I'll have enough that I love to enjoy those episodes even if the Dalek bits are lame. Whereas last season, instead of that lineup, we had Martha drooling on the Doctor while dodging musical numbers and pig men - with Daleks morphing into penis faced wimps, and planning the destruction of the human race with plans that made no sense. Yeah. It has to be better this time. ;-0)

Mark just left some funny comments on my blog, which made me reread some stuff I'd written about the last Torchwood episode to air ("Fragments"), which reminded me how much I enjoyed it. I'll be able to send that to Mollie 2 weeks from today, with the complete 2nd Season, plus the 1st episode of Season 4 Who. Maybe she'll get her phone fixed today so we can actually talk?

My stomach feels slightly better, so I might go back to sleep. I need to be up later to get those BSG discs to Carrie, and to possibly purchase some ink & paper for the printer. There was another errand I wanted to run, but I can't remember what it was... Oh. I should drop Mollie's L Word disc at the post office. Ok. Sleep.

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Mark & I hung out with Carrie for a bit tonight; it was brief but fun. Carrie came with us to Office Max and Staples on a crappy journey to find a lot of nothing. But it was the company that mattered. Then we went to the post office and sent out Mollie's 'L Word' disc. Then back to the condo to show off my collage, and chat about boys, sex, movies, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Draconian / Iconian Gateways, Doctor Who, the evils of modern art, and all manner of other random things. Oh. And I may have offended a Christian by my frank dialogue, which I wasn't aiming for by any means, but was just a bonus. ;-0)

Carrie had to be home early though, so we drove her home. She likes our heated seats. We got big hugs. And that was that.

I had thought I was probably going to Necto. Then Michael asked me if I was, and then I wasn't sure. Then I thought I was, and now I'm not sure again. I feel oddly exhausted. I didn't get as much sleep today as I usually do on account of my stomach being evil. And I'd like to get more work done on my walls now that I have paper and ink. And I'd like to finish my Trek book, and maybe start the new DS9 one that arrived - or just the Lost Era in general. I'm not sure. I never know what I'm going to read until I just start it. lol.

Anyways - I'll know in the morning if I went or not, and then so will you.

;-0)

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   Wednesday, March 26, 2008

I didn't go to Necto Monday night. I hadn't had much to eat or sleep, so I did what was best for my stomach and slept. I exhanged some random texts with Michael, who didn't seem pleased that I wasn't typing any responses besdies a question mark, but I hate typing out texts on my phone; it takes me a long time, and I was trying to get to sleep. It was also one of those 'conversations' where someone says they know something, to elicit a repsonse, and you give it, and then they do so again, without coming to the point, when they could have just told you what they know. People do this all the time, and sometimes it's fun, but in text mode it just sucks beyond the telling of it. I still have no clue what it is he wanted to tell me because he didn't. Oh well. I sent him a yahoo message when I woke up, trying to explain, but he was asleep. Turnabout is fair play. ;-0)

I noticed a spider in the kitchen early Monday morning (arond 3am), and I considered killing it. I don't like bugs or spiders in my house. I don't hate them or anything, but they're just not fun to have around me. But then I figured that the spider wasn't hurting me, and in fact was most likely going to eat a bunch of annoying bugs, so I figured I'd let it live. It was moving around in an odd pattern, and I wondered if it was setting up a web or something... Around 7am I went back to the kitchen and the spider was dead. It had crawled up there to die. And I couldn't help thinking that the way that it had been moving, was it's agonizing death throes...and that I should if I'd killed it before, it would have been a mercy killing. I seriously felt guilty for not killing a spider.

I sought out, printed, cut, reworked, and put up a slew of new pictures in my room; the inside of my bedroom door is nearly finished. But it took a lot of time. I got about 20 minutes of sleep before I had to get ready for work. I was late by 18 minutes. I worked more than an hour over though, and I kicked ass in sales again. I also had a good time while I was there, working with Bryan, Bill, Michael, Laura & Amanda; John stopped by too.

After Mark picked me up from work, we went to Staples where I used this coupon to save $10.00 on over $20.00 of poster tape. As we were leaving Mark noticed that one of our tires was low. I always think our tires look low, but compared our previous car, they do. Mark stopped for air on the way home, but couldn't find his pressure guage, and we continued home. I went to be bed, and Mark left to go fix Karen's computer, which we've been trying to find the time for (for ages now).

I woke up around 10:30pm, and could have gone right back to sleep, except Mark wasn't home yet and I thought that was odd, so I called him. He was waiting for a tow truck to come get him, as he'd had a flat. He had stopped for air on the way to Karen's but the station was closed and the air unavailable. He worked on Karen's computer for 3 hours or so, and he thinks he's probably got it fixed, but isn't quite sure; he said it was working when he left though.

I gave Mollie a call while I waited for him to get home; I left her a voicmail. Her phone is apparently on now, so hopefully we can talk sometime soon. I wanted to stay up and wait for Mark, as I felt a little worried about him making it home now. I picked up the new DS9 book and read the prologue, which... this book looks like it's packed with continuity, and all of it centered on the Cardassians and the Bajorans (my 2 favorite Trek alien cultures) - and I'm just really excited to read these. The prologue alone had a bunch of revelations about thing's introduced in the Garak book from years ago, which I loved. And when I quickly looked at the first page of chapter 1, I saw the name Kotan Pa'Dar. Wow. He's a Cardassian from the DS9 episode "Cardassians" and it makes perfect sense that he would be a character here. I looked at the back of the book; not to read the end because I don't do that, but to see how many pages it was, and if they're might be an excerpt of the next volume. What I found made me even more excited. There are Appendixes of Bajoran & Cardassian characters, food, ranks, and all sorts of other things, and it tells you what all those things are, and where they were first mentioned, be that in a book or an episode! Continuity Porn. Fan Wank. I love it. :-0) If the books prove to be as good as I'm hoping, I'll have to send copies to Mollie. She really enjoys DS9, and she LOVES the Cardassians. Garak isn't in this first volume, but Dukat is; he's even on the fricking cover!

Anyways...after Mark got home, I filled him in on all the Trek excitement, and then we watched some 'Invader Zim', which he'd never seen. It was fun. We watched the first 4 episodes. Then Mark went to bed, and went back and finished the Klingon book I was reading, which is part 1 of 2, and it ended extremely well. I was very happy with it. I'm gonna continue on with the new DS9 one, and maybe read the other Kligon one after that. We'll see.

I have more pictures to put up. I have more books to read. I have no boyfriend to fuck. And I'm extemely horny. Hmmm. Well, maybe I'll get more reading done. lol

I'm aching for the Torchwood finale, and trying so hard to stay away from spoilers, but 9 & 1/2 days to go seems like too much!!! And I want to know what Michael was talking about last night; he said he'd noticed something about Torchwood that he thinks I might not have...and he made it sound really cool. I'm hoping that it is something really cool that I haven't noticed, and not something that I've pointed out to him in the past, which would be disappointing. The same way I tell Mark stuff and then he tells me it later like it's new, only worse, cause I'm excited to know this. lol. If it's that Tosh was Who or something like that...erg. Oh well. I'll know when I know.

I should get something to eat.

Oh. And I've had multiple songs from EVITA stuck in my head for like 4 days now.

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I read more of my new DS9 prequel book. It inspired me to watch some episodes, and I'm falling in love with the show all over again. I watched the 2nd season episode "The Collaborator", which features a Bajoran charcter named Kubus Oak, who's just one of a vast number of Bajoran & Cardassian characters set to appear in this trilogy of DS9's past...and there was just so much to love about this one episode. Political & religious intrigue, character development, revelations and interpersonal drama, romance, the look that launched the Kira / Odo relationship - with Quark making me laugh out loud after all these years. This is fun.

In other geeky news, of the 38 confirmed Season 4 Whoniverse episodes, I lack 15. Here's where I think they go, for now:

01 068 Partners in Crime
02 070 The Fires of Pompeii
03 072 Planet of the Ood
04 076 The Sontaran Stratagem [Part I]
05 077 ??? [Part II]
06 079 ???
07 082 The Unicorn and the Wasp
08 084 Silence in the Library [Part I]
09 085 ??? [Part II]
10 089 Midnight
11 093 Exit Wounds [Part II]
12 094 ??? [Part I]
13 095 ??? [Part II]
14 096 ??? [Part III]
15 097 ??? [Part IV] (Xmas Special)

#089 Exit Wounds [Part II] will air Friday April 4th. #068 Partners in Crime will air Saturday April 5th, with 12 more episodes to follow in consecutive weeks, and the final installment to be aired at Christmas. There will be no new season of "Totally Doctor Who" this year, which is where last year's animated episode came from, so I doubt we'll have one of those this year, and even if there's another Children in Need Special (which I hope there is) the previous installments have all been set between the final episode of the main seasons and the Christmas Specials, so that shouldn't effect the order of things. The only thing I need to know now are how Torchwood ends (which I'll soon know) and how Jack & Sarah Jane come to be on Doctor Who, which will be revealed in June, I think.

In the mean time I'm trying to stay away from any Torchwood Finale spoilers. Which is difficult because of the longer waiting time of 2 weeks instead of 1. Erg.

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I just woke up. I talked to Mollie this morning, which was nice. She had gone back to work last I heard, but apparently 8 hours into her shift she snapped a tendon in her knee and has been home again ever since. She has physical therapy. But mostly she plays a massive multiplayer anime type game online, watches geeky shows, and doesn't leave the house. She's going back to work in 2 weeks though. She's enjoyed the discs I sent her; she's watched all of Nip/Tuck & Ugly Betty. She wants to watch Doctor Who next, but I suggested Battlestar; it's up to her, but it seems like Battlestar she can watch and basically be done with; there are only 20 episodes left, and it's done - unless Caprica sells as a series. Where as Doctor Who (and it's spin-offs) are in Season 30, and will continue on after that - and she won't be getting the bulk of new Who episodes until early June. Anyways - we talked about a bunch of stuff, and it was great to hear her voice.

I also put up some more pictures. I put 3 more pictures on the outside of my door. The door is coming along nicely on both sides. The inner side is nearly finished, but I need to find pictures that fit in the spots I have left, so it might not be done for awhile.

I slept well. When I woke I turned on my phone, which had been charging, and there was a text from Mark that came at around 3:30pm about him being at Subaru, when I didn't even know he was going. Apparently the car needs a lot of work; it's gonna cost $700.00 and Mark was pretty sure we were getting a rental car. I was hoping to get some cds out of the car; the NIN ones in particular, but I guess I can wait. I hope the car thing goes smoothly. I don't trust Subaru at all, and as much as I love certain aspects of our car, I would never get another car from them. Ever.

The airdate and time slot for Doctor Who has been confirmed for series 4. Torchwood is aimed at a much more adult audience so it doesn't air until after 9pm in the UK. Doctor who will be airing on Saturdays, at 6:20pm. That means I'll be able to get it here in the states considerably earlier than I've been getting Torchwood - which is great. I'd forgotten about that. Nice.

I asked Mollie if she wanted me to send the first new Who episode with the completed Torchwood Seasosn 2 in early April. She likes watching complete seasons of shows, but I thought I'd give her the option here as she's missed Donna (and the Doctor) as much as I have. She said she wants the episode ASAP. :-0)

I had a dream that Mark & I got married. It was odd. I mean...it was a happy dream, but it was like we were characters on The L Word. lol. Bette & Tina were there. So were a few other characters, and it was like...the show, and we'd been on it for years. Weird. lol. Funny really.

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   Friday, March 28, 2008

I haven't slept since getting up a little before 7pm last night, and I won't be getting any sleep until after work, but I'm ok with that.

I'm listening to the 7 mashups I've gotten this year that I actually like. It's been hard to find quality mashups this year, which sucks...

Michael came over for a visit last night. We watched DS9. We chatted. And we fucked. I suggested he leave before the sex, and said things might be confusing for him or us...but he didn't sound confused. Hopefully all is well with that. I mean...I don't regret it. I'm just worried that it will cause confusion later on, or something.

I'm so exhausted.

Mark is picking me up in about an hour to drop me off at work. Our car is in the shop, but it's ready, so that solves a bunch of problems we were going to have to deal with this weekend. Cool.

Now if I can just manage to make it through the day, I can finally get some sleep when I get home from work. Hopefully work goes well. Michael wants me to go to Necto tonight, and I'd be ok with that...as long as I get some sleep. SLEEP. If I just type it enough times...maybe it will feel like I've actually had some. Sleep I mean. lol

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Made it to work about 6 minutes late. DJ, Bryan & Ruki were there. Everything was going well. It was all fun. I told DJ I'd have to work over by up to two hours as Mark would be picking up our car, and DJ let me know we were way over on labor and he'd drive me home. Sounded good. I kicked ass on sales agaain, which is cool, since it's my last day to do so in the little contest we're running...and DJ even gave me some pointers. Ruki left. Pat, Amanda, & Alex later showed up. DJ had to go to get a review from the cunt known as Brenda. And the review wasn't good. She basically gave him the lowest possible rating in every category, which aside from being petty, dishonest, cruel, and bitchy - means that DJ won't be getting a raise; that this disturbingly inaccurate review will be read by those who will be in charge of us now that Brenda is offically out of our lives...and that DJ is now stressed and depressed, just as anyone would be after being so mistreated. She seriously deserves to be slapped. Violence is wrong, yadda, yadda, yadda... But it's possible in this case it might actually snap her back to reality...or wake up some of those sleeping brain cellls or something. Plus we could sell tickets to see who gets to slap her and use the money we brought in to buy our store and run it ourselves. :-0)

DJ brought me home, after making sure I had the time to hit or beat all my goals for the day, getting me home nearly an hour early. It would have been neat if I'd gotten to stay for longer and get even more stuff... but I didn't want peeps to get in trouble because I stayed. Also, it was nice to have DJ over, as he got to see the progress on my room, which he says he really enjoys. He said he likes coming over to my place, because I'm there. He's been reiterating that a lot lately, which has been nice to hear.

After DJ left, I tried to watch something while having a snack, but couldn't keep my eyes open and went to sleep. I woke up around 8:30pm, with the worst stomach cramps... I felt like I was daying. They passed eventually...and then the pain came down to a much more familiar, human level. The whole 'I feel like someone just gave me an abortion with a rusty razor blade' sensation has returned, and I've not clue what inspired it.

erg.

Gonna try to lie down now.

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Ooh. Geeky news makes Jason happy! The 5th title of Doctor Who's 4th season has been revealed: "The Poison Sky" ;-0) Yay.

And now back to my pain and suffering.

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I managed to nap a bit; woke up feeling ill again. Only more pain than when I layed down. I've not been taking my stomach pills, as they can constipate me, but I've had a bit of that already and didn't want to make it worse...well I'm past that now and I just took a new pill.

Ick.

   posted by Bald Jason at 11:09 PM
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   Saturday, March 29, 2008

Just woke up again. Not sure how I feel. But another Doctor Who title has been revealed; episode 9 is called "River's Run". We still don't know the titles to episode 6 & episodes 11-14. Those titles should be revealed in the coming weeks, with the 14th title revealed at the end of the 13th episode, assuming all goes as it has in the previous 3 seasons.

   posted by Bald Jason at 03:09 AM
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I feel a lot better, yet pretty numb. Pill has definitely kicked in. It will be awhile until this fades and I'm feeling ok all around.

Mark's hanging out in my room, playing with his newly fixed phone. It's cute.

I'm just trying to make sense of anything around me.

   posted by Bald Jason at 09:16 PM
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I'm starting to feel a bit more clear headed. Hope it lasts.

I got a call from DJ a while ago. He caught part of Torchwood on BBC America and was wondering if I was glued to the tv. I explained to him that the episode that was airing ("From Out of the Rain") had aired in the UK on March 12, and I download them the night they air there, so I've already seen that episode and 2 more after it. He seemed slightly bummed by that answer, but I'm not certain why.

I chatted on gay.com for a bit. I conversed with more than 2 dozen really nice people, and ignored slightly less than that who just wanted sex. I don't get upset about the latter; I just put them on ignore and move on.

I'm hungry.

   posted by Bald Jason at 10:42 PM
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   Sunday, March 30, 2008

I chatted with Michael last night for a bit.

I talked with Mollie on the phone this morning. Great to hear her voice. We made each other laugh. We talked about Michael, and books, and dvds, and stupid people, and pain, and pain caused by stupid people, and fear of haircuts in the South, and fear of pain causing stupid people in the South. It cheered me up, and I hope it did the same for her.

I just got the new tv trailer for season 4 of Doctor Who; that's Season 30 for all the old fans. The new trailer shows less footage, and was somehow twice as brilliant as the theatrical trailer. Wicked. One week from today I'll have most likely seen the finale to the 2nd season of Torchwood, and the season 4 premiere of Doctor Who!!! I'm so excited! A week from tomorrow I'll send Mollie a disc with all of Tochwood Season 2, and the premiere of Doctor Who. I'll also send Wendy 4 discs with all of the available Whoniverse on them.

I'm in the middle of a movie called "Ice Men" which seems to be good, and probably is, yet I'm taking a break from it to write this. I'm finding it hard to concentrate on any one thing. I'm downloading the Battlestar Galactica specials that aired last night; I'm pretty sure I already saw one of them online already. Oh. I'll have seen the new Battlestar a week from now as well. ;-0)

I work tonight. I work Tuesday & Friday. I might go to Necto Monday night. I might visit Mark's mom on Thursday, but that's not a certainty.

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I finished that "Ice Men" movie this morning, then switched back to reading "The Golden Compass", as Mollie is reading it too, and we can talk about it. It's kind of dry at first, which is one of the things that we talked about at first. I'm left off part way through 'Chapter Three: Lyra's Jordan', and it's getting a bit better now, I think.

After reading a bit, I printed up some more Donnie Darko themed art to go with the others. I find myself taking artwork on subjects of different artists and combining them lately. It's kind of cool. I think. Or not. But it's what I'm doing.

Later, Mark got up and I showed him the new Doctor Who trailer. He said he liked it. I pointed out that a week from now we'll have seen the new BSG, the final Torchwood of 2008, and the first Doctor Who. I'm counting down the days now. Mark liked the pictures too.

I printed up one of the new Batman Begins sequel posters, with the Joker from behind, which Mark agrees looks great. I find myself interested in seeing this film, The Dark Knight, though I thought the first one was over-hyped, over-done, and under-produced / directed. I keep meaning to rewatch it and see if I'll like it better, but I never quite make it. Maybe sometime this week. I intend to rent Sweeny Todd tonight; maybe I'll get Batman as well.

Soon after printing the picture I took a nap. I thought I'd sleep right up until I had to go to work, but I woke up feeling pretty rested, so I might just stay up. I have to leave for work in about 3 hours. I have no idea who I'm closing with. I seldom if ever look, and I haven't been bringing home a schedule lately as my hours have been pretty constant on the same days, and so I haven't needed a reminder.

I'll probably go to the bank and the grocery store after work. Then probably home to bed. Maybe I'll read some more, or watch something. We'll see.

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   Monday, March 31, 2008

I read a bit more of 'The Golden Compass' before taking a nap and going to work. I closed with John, and worked with Ruki & Amanda. I didn't get all my sales goals, but I got all but the really hard one, and I did really great otherwise. It was mostly slow, but I didn't have any assholes coming in, so that was ok. I went to the bank and grocery store after work, just as I'd planned. I just got home. I'm tired. I'm gonna try to sleep or read - definitely both; just not sure what order.

   posted by Bald Jason at 01:11 AM
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I slept for about 3 hours. I need to take my prilosec. I'm hungry. I kind of feel like avoiding the computer for awhile. Just taking a short vacation from it. I'm just going to try to spend less time on it today. Maybe concentrate on the book I'm reading...and I guess I could burn some discs for peeps. Hmm.

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I preordered the rest of the Star Trek books coming out this year, once I noticed they were all available. I also read a blurb about the upcoming 'Destiny' trilogy which peaked my interest, though I also found a quote from KRAD saying that there were things that were and were not accurate in the blurb, and that there was still much more to be revealed that wasn't even hinted at. Cool. Though I doubt I'll be caught up on all the older books in time to read them as they come out...still, so much to look forward to on the book front.

I continued reading "The Golden Compass". I'm enjoying it more now, though I can see why the Harry Potter books sort of eclipsed this series. Still, I'm glad I'm reading it. I'm glad I'm reading at all after the last few days. I'm going to have a snack and then continue on.

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I've had my snack. Mark is getting ready for work. I'm just starting chapter 8 of "The Golden Compass". It's an odd sort of book, but I'm enjoying it more as it goes. It just seems to move very slowly.

Torchwood's 2nd Season ends in just 4 days. Battlestar Galactica's final season begins in just 4 days. Doctor's Who's 4th Season begins in just 5 days. Those date roll over and over in my brain.

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I'm now in Part II of 'The Golden Compass'; the first part was called "Oxford", while this 2nd part is called "Bolvangar". I'm in Chapter 10, which is called "The Consul and the Bear".

I think I might work on the Labyrinth section of my wall today, and the thought of it inspired me to listen ot "As the World Falls Down" from the Labyrinth soundtrack, which I'm doing right now. David Bowie rocks. "Makes no sense at all; makes no sense to fall..." ;-0)

So I think I've preordered all the upcoming Trek titles now. These titles include the following:

Vulcan's Soul, Book III: Epihpany

Terok Nor: Night of the Wolves

Terok Nor: Dawn of the Eagles

DS9: These Haunted Seas (Omnibus)

Myriad Universes, Vol 1: Infinity's Prism

Myriad Universes, Vol 2: Echoes & Refractions

DS9: Fearful Symmetry

Next Generation: Greater Than the Sum

Enterprise: Kobayashi Maru

Corps of Engineers: Wounds

Destiny, Book 1: Gods of Night
Destiny, Book 2: Mere Mortals
Destiny, Book 3: Lost Souls

And I'm pretty sure that's all the books coming out this year. Now they'll arive at my door shortly after they're released.

   posted by Bald Jason at 11:17 AM
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I woke up just a bit ago; not sure how long I was asleep. I have a headache, and I feel slightly dehydrated, which is odd because I drank some water while I was reading....

Just checked my e-mail. Several Amazon orders have shipped, including the Vulcan's Soul trilogy, and new Doctor Who dvds "The Time Warrior" & "Timelash". It will be nice to have them in my collection. The Doctor Who dvds, are stories that I already had access to through rips of old vhs copies, but the new dvds will obviously be of a much higher quaility, plus they tend to have really great special features. The Vulcan's Soul trilogy has been a long time coming as I've been waiting for each volume to be available in paperback, and the 3rd volume will finally be available tomorrow; 4 years since the trilogy started being released.

I also got this Amazon news thing saying that all their sci-fi stuff was on sale, so I checked out the Battlestar Galactica stuff, but only the newer releases were marked down, and those are the ones I already have. That's ok. I've spent enough on that lately.

I need to take my prilosec. I might have to take some midrin later too; I only have 3 pills left. I was going to have that filled today but I forgot. And I need more water. I like drinking this certain brand of bottled water, which is hard to find, and the last few times I've gone to the Westgate Kroger they've been out of it, and last night was sadly no exception.

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